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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy
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This article is published in Review of Metaphysics.The article was published on 1997-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy.read more
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Tracing the Diffusion of Policing Governance Models from the British Isles and Back Again: Some Directions for Democratic Reform in Troubled Times
TL;DR: In this article, the authors look to the history of the diffusion of policing governance models from Britain throughout its once vast Empire and the case of recent ‘radical’ experiments in Northern Ireland in pondering the prospects for the development of democratic policing systems.
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Characters in the Middle of Public Life: Consensus, Dissent, and Ethos
TL;DR: A travers les personnages d'Antigone et Ismene, l'A. montre que la transgression and l'opposition facilitent le dialogue and le consensus as discussed by the authors.
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Blogging and globalization: the blurring of the public/private spheres
TL;DR: It is shown how the blurring of public and private spheres is among the changes associated with the phenomenon of blogging, and how theories of globalization offer foundational understanding for investigating blogging as a social rather than purely new media development.
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The Challenges of Global Citizenship for Worldview Education. The Perspective of Social Sustainability
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors briefly present what their theoretical reflections and empirical research has yielded in respect to citizenship education and religious education and take into account the question of whether there is a certain educational, political or religious necessity on a national as well as global level to deal with this possible relationship.
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UNESCO and cultural diversity: democratisation, commodification or governmentalisation of culture?
TL;DR: The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) was first adopted by its member states in October 2005 as mentioned in this paper.
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The New Public Sphere: Global Civil Society, Communication Networks, and Global Governance
TL;DR: Public diplomacy, as the diplomacy of the public, not of the government, intervenes in this global public sphere, laying the ground for traditional forms of diplomacy to act beyond the strict negotiation of power relationships by building on shared... as mentioned in this paper.
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Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism
TL;DR: Tweets and the Streets as mentioned in this paper examines the relationship between the rise of social media and the emergence of new forms of protest, arguing that activists' use of Twitter and Facebook does not fit with the image of a "cyberspace" detached from physical reality.
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